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Constituency

72. Kaliganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-KALIGANJ

INC 47.7%won by 1.0%RSP 46.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.5% to 47.7% of the vote here (+12.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 73.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
92,051
Margin
918
1.00%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCRSP swing
+3.6%
INC share
35.5% 47.7%
RSP share
38.2% 46.7%
Turnout